Houthi Red Sea attacks: Are strikes on ships escalating? | BBC News

Three crew members have been killed in a Houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern Yemen, its owners and the US have said.

These are the first deaths caused by the group's attacks on merchant vessels.

The Barbados-flagged True Confidence was abandoned after Wednesday's attack, which inflicted significant damage.

The Houthis say their attacks are in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

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[ahmedabdulqader]

America was preparing for a major world war with the most powerful country in the world parallel to it, but America’s persistence and tyranny, its dominance in the world and its support for genocide made it taste defeat from the poorest country in the Middle East... Oh my God, what is this humiliation?

[khanh]

If UK and US couldn’t handle the Houthi, then what the hell are they thinking trying to pick fight with Russia and China?

[terryrowe]

Its a bit like your license fee, escalating and unnecessary

[use-mohammed]

Al-Houthi is conducting a humanitarian operation in accordance with international law and the Geneva Convention on genocide and this article you are the ones who put it

[HamadaMahrous-us]

لماذا تصر أمريكا على إشعال الحروب وتاجج الأوضاع الأمنية في العالم وإراقة الكثير من الدماء بدلاً من حل المشاكل من جذورها واعطاء الفلسطينيين حقوقهم وإقامة دولتهم المستقلة والعيش في أمن وسلام وكرامة كشعوب العالم أجمع ؟؟؟

[cryptolive]

Never undermine someone, s capabilities, someone said those men with sandals cannot threaten us and now what again?

[sohrabch]

Imagine Great America cant handle Poorest arab country Anymore, Times Change

[sdshaibi]

The Yemenis have a stand until the wars over they will stop. I don’t get it with the shipping companies. I would never pass through there if there’s any type of situation that’s gonna cost you.

[gorillafilmmakernow]

The way the BBC report this would seem they care more about shipping than they do Palestinians.

[diniyaldavidson.]

...side effect of Israel and us actions...who is to be blame...

[antichamcha]

Let's familiarize ourselves with the Yemeni fighters before rushing into anything.

- They don't follow our movies and TV shows at all. Yes, not even Rambo, Terminator, Die Hard.
- They are not bothered by our media or social media distractions.
- Psychological warfare is utterly useless against them.
- They are natural-born fighters.
- It is extremely difficult fighting a force who is resisting apartheid and genocide, because they have nothing to lose.

[dianax]

Did the BBC cut the bit when the anchor was saying that BBC Verify *had not verified* the footage?

Given the BBC's track record. Whatever they present should be taken with a massive mountain of salt.

[AdmiringBabyPenguin-onfd]

Stay away from them and they wont attack.

[MushtaqAhmad-jgbn]

Free the Palestine people's everything will be OK

[GrandpaVince]

For all those who aren't as knowledged as grandma Shirley the red sea isn't actually red

[OEightHours]

There's so many Russian bots with the same name in the comments lol

[Drindiades]

What's up with all these fake bot accounts yo

[ethelmini]

They're nor "rebels" it's their country. They are as entitled to a foreign policy as the UK & the US. Theirs is based on morality, not profit & tacit endorsement of a genocide through the arms trade.

[karimfarangfromthejungle]

Israel is responsible. If they were not committing genocide, no Houthi attacks on shipping. Have the Houthis ever attacked shipping in the Red Sea before? No! Do you condemn the Zionist state? Most of us morally balanced people do.

[kayz]

Just to clarify BBC, only Israeli American and British ships are being targeted. I wonder why ? 😅